The Straits Times, 30 March 1939

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    41 1 rlllML WLUtrtm The Straits Times (E3TABUSHED NEAKLS A CENTURY. J THE LARGEST AM) MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. I'UiKS SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 8 pa<;es SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939. PRICE S X IS
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      256 1 Singapore: 140. Cecil st PHONE 5471). See MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORiNG n j Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4814 2. You save on CURRENT J l§ 3.Y6u save on UPKEEP I Ufa !'<>da> you tan buy the finest JgjH gtaßj| refrigerator General IClectric of (J.S.A. has ever made and save
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      332 1 (PHONE 368 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" AUTORADIOGRAM B| "llß^St tilfn >fod<-l i.i; rabinrt Is of in.posinc SBWwWpIPBIIPHBSBw I (Jrsi^n uith curved front corners 111 4^. ant decorative supporting feet. The front is flnUhed in figured ualnut. Wtti aftrvl^Rjß The '"udNpcaker trill is of antique ■n^^^^^^ F bronze— finished wire mesh v.ith
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      25 1 •Un: 25. .»ava St. Madame Page, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tai'Ormades Gown (or ail occasors in Stock trom $5 $30 13, Battery Road Singapore. Tel. G327.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      24 2 Thn family of the late Dr C. V. Norris thank all relatives and friends for Uu-ir expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement.
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      588 2 TATHAM —To Diana (nee Murison) wife of George Tatham, Asiatic Petroleum Company. Ipoh, at Aylerbury, Buckinghamshire, on Mar. 29, a son. Situations vacant^ ~When applying for any position »«>"">;*« In the>.e columns send copies ol testimonials Do not send orU' nal WANTED EURASIAN NANNY for child aged 2'i years. Some
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      712 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE, Avodada Pears well-establiihed seedlings from Imported Budgraftcd Green and Purple Strains. $5 per plant. Apply. Gray, Pelepah. Kota Tlnggi. 111 KSTONE DIESEL GENERATING SET 10 h p direct coupled to West. Dynamo '0 Amps 115 V. complete with Dlst. board perfect condition $900 Apply Tann 2P"
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      877 2 BOARD RESIDENCE THE MANSION, Private Hotel, Oxley Rise. Tele. 80:98. Rooms available. BELLEVILLE, 15, Scotts Road, Phone 4274 large and airy rooms Priv. Verandah mod. San CORNER HOUSE large fum. room. Mrs Lancaster. 332 River Valley Rd. Tel. 6794. PALM BEACH. 740, East Coast Road. 6% Milestone. Road to Volunteer
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      815 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of well-kept modern Dutch polished Teak Household furniture of every description. crockery, glassware, cooking utensils. Etc.. Etc. (The property of Mr. J. Van Doom of K P M.) To be held at No. 111. Bidcford Road (off Calmhlll Road> on Sunday, Apr. 2, 1939 at 11
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      325 2 BUS[NESS CARDS Etc. "sHTgapore athlete foot Guaranteed complete cure within a few cays Money returned if not satisfied. Write for full particulars to: "VAIDAK CURE CENTRE." P.O. Box 667, Singapore. The Famous Indian Hatha Yogi Rao will teach Indian Yogic postures, Breathing Exercises. For particulars please write to INDIAN YOGIC
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      325 2 BARCAMS 2484- CHRYSLER SALOON 1937. This Chrysler Deluxe is in Showroom condition, the j,»int-work and upholstery are unmarked. It has been driven only 17.000 miles and positively gives new car performance. A car that^ t has to be seen to be appreciated. PRICE $1600.00 2499 -CHEVROLET SALOON 1938. Ducoed in
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      681 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINJ AND JAPAN Tonnage Due 3 por« CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. BANGALORE 6,000 Apr RAJPUTANA 17.000 Apr 2 RANCHI 17.00 C May BHUTAN 6,100 May BKHAR 6.000
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      501 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. SJ3. HAKONE AIARU Apr. 1. S.S. HUSIMI MARU Apr. 13. SLS. HAKOZAKI MARU Apr. 27. ■S.S. SUWA MARU May 11.
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      724 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATH EXCELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE FARES T.?J tA £?5 I U' ES> LONDO^ ROTTER- To: PALESTINE, ROTTERDAM, HAMEt&,, HAMBI;BG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN MEONIA Apr. 11 INDIA abt. Apr. 1 ALSIA May 3 MALAYA ADr 24 SELANDIA May 23 KINA May 20
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      617 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyer Quay Singapore rel 5 :il Chartered Bank Building Penang Tel 1365. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT ANU GLASGOW (In conjunction with the Glen Line) THESEUS L'don, Rdam Hull &G W 1* Apr la REGULAR SERVICE TO HAVRE ft LIVERPOOL. CYCLOPS
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    Wall Street Quotations
    471 4 New York, Mar. 29. THE following quotations were thost ruling when the Stock Exchangi closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close. Cl-aiiges 30 Industrials 139.33 139.75 up .42 20 Rails 29 34 29.75 up .41 15 UUHtls 23.50 23.87 up .37 40 Bonds 90.29 90.43 up
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    119 4 CWAN. CULBERTSON AND FRIT 7 report on yesterday's New York markets While traders awaited M. Daladier"s speech stocks made small average Sains. Trading was slow and the volume li?ht. Bonds were irregular, uith U.S. Governments reaching record highs. Commodities moved irregularly. Foreign news was less disturbing while domestic
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    129 4 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit Sirdhana 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3 Telreslas 18; Terukuni Maru, Kina 11Burdwan 9; Victoria 7. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3:— Ipoh
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    SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
    38 4 Mails from China expected today. Mar. 30, by Victoria. Mails from Europe (London mails) expected tomorrow. Mar. 31, by 8.1. (Rajula) v/ill be delivered to boxholders at a.m. General delivery of letters at 9 a.m.
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    PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE
    265 4 npHE following passengers for Malaya are in Aeneas which left Marseilles on Mar. 25: Miss C E. Arundel, Captain J. Atkins, Lieutenant Colonel E. A. de Buriatte, Miss E. E. Chance, Miss D. M. Cowan, Miss J. Driver, Mr. S. W. Gooding, Mr. J. T. Gosling, R.N
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    PASSENGERS FOR EUROPE
    166 4 THE following passengers for Europe left in Fionia on Tuesday or will be leaving from Penang today:— From Banirkok: Madame Pracherd Aksornlakiar.a. Master Aksorniaksana, Mr. G. Bagger, Mrs. G. Bagger. Master Bagger, Mrs. L. M. Russell, Mrs. S. Hoyrup, Master Bent Hoyrup. From Singapore: Mr. J. N.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      258 4 MM Europe Great Britain (X.L.M.) Ipn Iran iK.L M I p.m DJambi K. Toengkal (Toba) 2 p.ni Medan (X.L.M.) 3 out Aden (Karapara) 3 p.m. Burma (Karapara) ..3 p.m. Canada except Western Canada (Karapara) 3 p.m Egypt, Sudan and Palestine (Karapara) 3 p.m. Great Britain and Ireland
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report
      144 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Stations Yesterday Las: nlg.-.t max. rain- bright mii temp, fail s'shine teuu Indies bn f West Coast. Alor Star 91 Nil 8.9 73 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 Nil 7.4 75 Sitiawan 90 Nil 9.7 74 Bulcit Jcram 89 Nil 99 72 Malacca 87 Nil
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      284 4 INW&KD Weaxncs: Pram Penang. Ipoh and KuJa Lvmpur Arrivrs rrer* rveolnt Qantas: From Australia Arrives tomorrow afternoon KIM From Netherlands Indies: Arrive* THIS afternoon. X.1.5! rrom Europe: Arrive* THIS evening. Imperial: From Furope: Due tomorrow morning: Arrival unrrrla,.. RN1.1..M.: l-rinii NilberUu.l* Indies! Arrives Tuesday afternoon
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      FROM MALACCA
      125 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed Is> K.LM." Malls #Ui close irom Malacca as follows: Today Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor "DUly by air (Qantas) 6 pm. Slam. Burma. India Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Mauritius, Europe, Great Britain. Irrlam. N
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      BALOERAN
      35 4 The Baloeran is expected to arrive from Batavia in the outer roads about 8 p.m. today. She will come alongside the wharf about 6.30 a.m. tomorrow and is due to sail at 10 a.m.
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      538 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Incorporated in F M.S.) TELEPHONE: Fi eight 6433. Passage 5431. i Wg > JE^ -ft IC^£ YSY} f C 42 ■■K'^t'^iifJaHiirl^/^d d Vancouver Direct or via ■~^?»HSrSSI WjF iTcnt. white Empress ot Janan Aj^flSra^^^^gaasjaaw^ luxurious Empress ol Canada W KEillfcw. Yokohama ti Honolulu in ei?ht jjf r/Sfr-^^M
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      142 4 BRITISH CEMENTS "RED HAND PORTLAND "FERROCRETE" "SNOWCRETE -COLORCRETE" Stocked by GimraigjGb (Incorporated in S.S.) It k I T I *IH lINFS and K.NI.L.M. Air IftsK POSTAL RATES LOWERED! As from April Ist., the following postal rates, per half -ounce, will apply: Gt. Britain Ireland, Holland Continent Iran. Netherlands ludics Letters,
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      258 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE H. W. 4.37 a.m. 7.4 ft.; 7.20 p.m. 6.4 ft. L. W. 10.25 a.m. 1.9 It.- 10.25 p.m. 4.7 ft. Friday H. w. 6.22 a.m. 7.3 ft.: 8.35 p.m. 7 ft. L. W. 00.20a.m. 4.9ft.; 1.51p.m. 1.9ft Saturday H. W 7.57 a.m. 7.7 ft.; 9.21 p.m. 7.5
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    HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER THAN COD LIVER OIL!
    301 5 Tasteless, flesh-forming tablets for thin people. All who are too thin and weigh far too little for their peace of mind, know that If only they could take enough Cod Liver OH. they might begin to put on a pound or two
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      283 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube. Obtainable at Chemists, Stores, Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES., LTO. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. w u w m^fisE*ijf'3^ m lit f fe I OUnklC XACL X fIBBpEwAT A^j SINGAPORE BACK TO THE BIBLE CAMPAIGN.
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      228 5 FINE FOR KIDNEY AND DLADDER WEAKNESS STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS LOOK AND FEEL YOUNGER Keep your Kidneys rree rrom waste matter, poisons and acid, and put healthy activity into kidneys and bladder and you'll live a healthier, happier and longer life. One most efficient and harmless way to do this
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      88 5 THE FIRST THING THE LRSTTHINC feJN THE MORNING AT NIGHT fjM v-^|f^-:-Mii I nl ll'UliU UUtty^X FREDRICK STEARNS CO.. Detroit. U. S A 2JA^LLri^L^^^ g i TRUCKS pCW* ""VANS DESIGN Semi -forward control allows tor larger body space and better handling. POWER The famous 6-cylinder Engine designed for "slow-revving' THERE
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      688 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL MS metres. ZHP S0.9S mttrtm. p.m. 5. 00 Cantonese dramas, t 6.15 Mandarin children's programme. 6.30 "Popular Singers— 0— Mrs. Lee Lilee." (Mandarin), t 7.00 Military band music played by the Grand Massed Brass Bands.! 7.15 A discussion between an officer of the Royal Air Force
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      199 5 BERLIN TODAY DM 9.56 mc'i (IIJ DJB 15.20 me/. (lt.7 m.), DJQ 15.28 me U9.«m.), OJM 9.51 me/, (3i.4 5 m.). P.m. 5.05 Variety musical hour 6.20 Concert of light music. 7.20 News in English I In oncort o' "Kht music (contd.). 8.20 News and economic review in German 8.35
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      198 5 NIROM TODAY IDA CM me'f (19.S m.). IDB 965 me I (J1.2» m>. V'DB 11.86 mc'i (25.3 m.». PMN 10.26 me U9.Z p.m. 1.10 News and weather reports. 1.22 Luncheon variety. 2.20 Close down. 4.50 Programme prevua. 5.54 Tea music. 5.50 The Eagle's Nest. 6.20 Dutch cabaret. 6.50 News and
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      437 6 QUIET TRADING IN ALL SECTIONS RUBBER SLIGHTLY HIGHER By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mar. 30. RECENT politicj.l breezes from Europe appear again to have blown themselves out and markets look as if they are shyly returning to confidence. The New York Stock Exchange yesterday had a very
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      MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
      115 6 Manila, Mar. 30. TTHE following were yesterday's quotations and this mornlnrs quotations for gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos. ano the quotations are in pesos. Previous Today asked bid asked bid Aiitamok 0.41 0.40 0.40xd
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      GERMANY APOLOGISES FOR BROADCAST
      83 6 Brusse's. Mar. 29. THE German Envoy Extraordinary, Dr. Herbert von Richthopen, called on the Foreign Minister, M. Soudan, and conveyed his Government's regrets for the broadcast from Cologne radio station. It is learned the German Government haa instructed the broadcasts to cease. The Cologne radio station
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        MINING
        519 6 Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/3 3/9 3/4','a 3/9 5/- Austral Amal 4/9 5/3 4/9 5/3 £1 Austral Malay 39/- 44/- 38/- 43/5/- Ayer Hitam 20/- 21/- 20/- 21/1 Ayei >Veng 0.65 0.70 0.65 0.70 £1 Bangrin Tin 19/- 19/9 19/-
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        GENERAL
        442 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 140 1.32 ft 140 2 2 do. 7>2 r prefs. 2.35 2.40cd 2.25 2.35cd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4-75 5.25 5.00 5 50 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.50 0.60 0.50 1 60 10 5 B M. Trustee 8.75 7.50 8.75 7.50 £1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        269 6 6% Majnarc Co. Ltd. $30,000 lot Apr. SO Oct 3) 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5"» 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 int. Mar 31 Sept 30 102^ 4',o c i 1907 red 1947 Sl.600.000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 IO8V2 4 1 r i 19CP red 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar
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        RUBBER SHARES
        388 6 Fraser Co Lyall Bvatt Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 120 1.30 1.20 1.30 Alor Gajah o 90 0 9'< V 2 0.90 1.00 Amal. Malay 1.35 1.45 135 1.45 Ayei Hitam 0 90 l.oo 0 90 100 Ayer Molek 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 120" 1.25cd 1.20
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    77 6 Thursday, Mar 30, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 27*4 11*4 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. In case* March 27 *i 28~"" G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March 27*4 27 'a FA Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March ..27 27 's FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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    EXCHANGES
    184 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T. 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/33 Lyons demand 2042 Switzerland demand 240V 4 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 1/16 Montreal lemand 54
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    London Stock Exchange
    426 6 Downward Drift Checked London, Mar. 29. f\N the Stock Exchange today, the early quiet downward drift gave way to a marked improvement late in the session when the tenor of Mr. Chamberlain's defence statement in the House of Commons became known. GLt-edged recovered their earlier losses and
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    93 6 London, Mar. 29. The following were today's closing mean rates: Paris 176 49,64 Athens 5474 New York 4.68 3/16 Rio 3 1/18 Montreal 4.70 3 16 sellers oSiclai Brussels 27. 82^ Belgrade 209 Geneva 20 83 Bucharest 6611 Amsterdam 8.82 Buenos Aires 20.31 Milan 891/16 Montevideo 18'Madrid
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    GERMAN-YUGOSLAV TRADE TALKS
    62 6 Berlin Negotiations Next Month Berlin, Mar. 29. IT Is understood that economic talk* between Germany and Yugoslavia have been provisionally fixed for the end of April. It Is learned from Yugoslav sources that a permanent Joint trade commission, which deals with commerce between the two countries, will
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    Japanese Attacks On The British
    53 6 Japanese Attacks On The British Shanghai, Mar. 29. THE anti-DriOsh campaign beinf waged by Chinese language newspapers here, working under the auspices of Japanese in occupied areas, continues unabated. Todays Issue of the leading Shanghai "puppet" newspaper. Sin Shun Pao, urges its readers to "rise against Great Britain and recover
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    "JAPAN BELONGS TO NEITHER SIDE"
    79 6 Tokio, Mar. 29. lAPAN belongs neither to the tota- litarlan bloc nor to the democratic camp," said the Prime Minister, Baron Hiranuma, to Japanese Journalists today. He declared that Japan did not wish to antagonise either. Baron Hiranuma stated there wos 110 change of foreign
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    JAPANESE CAPTURE STRATEGIC CITY
    100 6 Tokio. Mar. 29. FELD dispatches claim that Wuning. on the road to Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, was captured today. Changsha is Japan's next major objective. In the House of Commons today Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was invited to state the present
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    CHINESE CURRENCY BILL PASSES LORDS
    74 6 London. Mar. 29 'FHE Hove of Lords passed the third reading of the Bill to give eflVct to the British Government's decision to guarante? £5,000.000 credit to assist the stabilisation of the Chine rencv. Royal assent to the Bill was given immediateiy afterwards—Reuter. The Hong
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    44 6 London. Mar. 29 IN the commodity markets today, cot- ton dec'.inod sharply on general seljing as a result of President Roosevelt's support fof proposals for a cotton export subsidy to recapture world markets. Speculative support at the lower levels, however, induced a partial recovery.—Reuter.
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    EUROPEAN CRISIS REVERSES UPWARD RUBBER TREND
    1603 7 Growing Confidence In Trade Destroyed Business Circles IMMEDIATE OUTLOOK POOR DESPITE IMPROVING STATISTICS From Our London Staff, London, Mar. 22. C*OK several weeks past these notes, as readers will doubtless rcmambcr, have been cheerfully able to record that the rubber barometer, if not "set
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    179 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Mar. 29, 5 p.m. Books Company Dividend Close TIN. Total toe Date Ex. Dlv. financial year Payable Date to date Batu Selangor 2V4% Apr 1° Klang River SH% Apr. 4 Raiitau 2>i% Mar 23 Rawing Tlnflelds 1 Hd. No. 13 Mar. 29 Taku--
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    DUNLOP MALAYAN ESTATES
    288 7 To Acquire Holdings Of Dunlop Plantations f\UNLOP Malayan Estates Ltd., is the new company which has been incorporated in the Straits Settlements to take over all the assets in Malaya of Dunlop Plantations Ltd. The rubber estates in Malaya belonging to Dunlop Plantations which are to be
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    I.T.C. JUNE MEETING Dutch Delegates Want It Held In New York
    88 7 I.T.C. JUNE MEETING Dutch Delegates Want It Held In New York Amsterdam, Mar. 20. IT is learned that the Dutch delegaj tien to the International Tin Committee will propose that the meeting fixed to be held in London in June should be held not in London, but In New York.
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    FEBRUARY TIN EXPORTS LOWER
    148 7 BOLIVIA 3,000 TONS IN EXCESS OF QUOTA Amsterdam, Mar. 20. TTN exports of the restriction coun- tries In February amounted to 7,789 tons, against 13,318 tons in January. They were 428 tons short of quota, reducing accumulated overexports to 7,155 tons. Detailed figures are appended: (In
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    169 7 267 Tons Sold Yesterday TTHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held Its 1,427 th auction yesterday when of 749,196 lb. (334.46 tons) catalogued. 721,312 lb. (322.01 tons) was offered and 599.080 lb. (267.45 tons) was sold. London spot 7 15/16 d. New York spot 15 15/16
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    CHEVIOT AND LABU DIVIDENDS
    47 7 TTHE directors of Cheviot Rubber Ltd. 1 and Labu (F.M.S.) Rubber Co. Ltd., two companies in the Guthrie group, recommend a dividend of 10 per cent, for the year 1938 which, if approved at the annual meetings, will be payable on Apr. 27.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    146 7 Rice quoted per koyan—4o piculs. Other commodities quoted per ploul except where other wUc stated. Singapore, Mar. 29, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $12.75 White $12.25 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.15 Sun Dried $3.45 Sago Flour No. 1
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      339 7 YOUR VAUMBIfS Our Strong Rooms are your Protection. It is impossible for an individual to provide for his valued possessions the safety that is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sizes for hire at moderate rates. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY can
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      473 7 BANK OF CHINA (incorporated id China o> Special Charu-i». 12 Cecil Street. Singapore Telephones: Manager') OtTkr -.vi Assl Manager's OtTirr t>>4'l Excbanfr Dept B»1I General Office lIHK t Cable Address: ■CHUNGKUO.' Paid Up Capital Ch > 40.0M.UMt* Reserve Funds in excess of cii I s.ino.nni 1 o» Total Asset.* ppraxlßistrlT
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      349 8 BROADWAY* X YEAR COME3Y SEKSATIOH HOW BROUGHT TO THE SCREEH BY WARNER BROS. 6i5 9.15' p.M. ALHAWBRA Mg^^^^^k iK^m 55WP army attacks A^k i^pßH B^^M| your funnybonc BH i A W V A and captures your i^u^A i M m l^f^^^^j heart a thcv KW^fll I I V« JM live
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      347 8 RECORDS OFFICIAL W/ CHOSEN FOR Ti.r. IJI WORLD? ilflE DANCi^Gip PJ| CHAMPIONSHIP 1939 Flayed In STRICT DANCE TEMPO by Maxwell Stewart's Bah-ocm Melody. (No vocal refrains). 9453 Says my heart QS. Moon, please help me, tonight Q.S 9454 Love makes the world go round S.F.T. Give me your hand S.f
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    "FULL POWERS OVER NATION'S INDUSTRY AND MANPOWER"
    263 9 Call For Government Reform To Cope With "Grave Dangers' London, Mar. 29. A MOTION calling for formation of a National Government on a wider basis was placed on the order paper in the House of Commons today in the names of Mr. Anthony
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    Japanese Shot In Shanghai
    175 9 Terrorists Active In Occupied Area Shanghai, Mar. 28. I*HE shooting of a Japanese civilian occurred this morning: in the Yangtsepoo district, which is always heavily guarded by armed Japanese patrols as this is where many of the Japanese wharves are situated. Ataru Maklno, a member of
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    "SMASH-AND-GRAB NEW WORLD"
    116 9 Eden On Crisis Lesson To All Nations London, Mar. 29. MR. Anthony Eden, broadcasting to Australia today, said events this month, by their stark, sudden tragedy, had imposed a lesson upon all statesmen and all lands. There was now universal agreement as to the peril which confronted
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN DENIES TROUBLE
    159 9 No Differences In British Cabinet London, Mar. 28. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, described as a complete fabrication certain suggestions of differences of opinion in the Cabinet, when speaking at a dinner of Government supporters at St. Stephen's Club. Dealing with the future, he said he
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    BID TO PARALYSE ACTION OF OPPOSITION CHURCH
    92 9 Berlin, Mar. 29. MEASURES which appear to be a w clear attempt to paralyse action of the opposition Confessional Church, of which Pastor Niemoller Is the head, were passed today by the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Church, which controls all Protestant creeds
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    GERMAN PRESS MISSION VISITING JAPAN
    39 9 fokio. Mar. 29 4 German press mis.sijn numbering 14 left Genoa for Japan today aboard the s.s. Gnelsenau. They are scheduled to arrive in Yokohama on Apr. 25 in the German ship— Eastern News.
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    Two More Bomb Outrages
    228 9 Police Chase Through London Suburbs Lonuon, Mar. 2V A POLICE CAR chase through London suburban streets from Hammersmith to Putney early this morning followed two bomb explosions, one of which severely damaged Hammersmith Bridge, crossing the Thames, an important exit Jrom the town. One bomb exploded
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    MOLLISON FINED FOR DANGEROUS FLYING
    93 9 Le Touquet, Mar. 28. JIM Mollison, famous airman, appear- ed in Court at Montreuil today charged with dangerous flying at Le Touquet last June. He denied he had performed aerobatics or was drunk, but was sentenced to five days' bnorljor>ment, th~ sentence being suspended during
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    MEETING OF NEW REGIMES
    62 9 Peiping, Mar. 28. THE question ox expending the sphere of influence of the Federal Reserve Bank, in North China to other areas in China is, according to Chinese reports here, one of the matters to be considered at a combined meeting of the new regimes established
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    Franco Advance Continues
    216 9 More Republican Towns Surrender Madrid, Mar. 29. fHE main streets of Madrid are today filled with streams of delirious people. Bands of girls with elaborately worked banners march up and down, while lorries laden with shouting boys and girls career madly about. Loudspeakers in the streets play
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    Tributes To Heroic Madrid Defence
    82 9 London, Mar. 29. rpRIBUTE to the heroic defence of Madrid is paid by all newspapers, irrespective of parti/. While the News-Chronicle blames the British and French Governments' refusal to intervene on the side of the Spanish Government for the fall of the city. Conservative newspapers
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    FRANCO TO RECEIVE MERCHANT SHIPS
    48 9 St. Jean de Luz, Mar. 29. Hundreds of SpanUh merchant and fishing vessels which have been lying for several months at French ports will be handed over to Gen. Franco when he receives units of the Republican fleets, now interned at Bizerta.— Reuler.
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    40,000 REPUBLICANS TAKEN PRISONER
    41 9 Salamanca, Mar 29. THE capture of over 40.000 prisoners on the Toledo front is claimed in a communique issued at the Nationalists' headquarters. In addition, several thousand prisoners were captured on other fronts, it is stated.— Reuter.
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    DEFENCE MOVES IN AUSTRALIA
    236 9 Manpower Registei Is Now Compulsory Canberra. Mar. 29. THE Cabinet has decided to draw up a compulsory national register of manpower, thus reversing the previous decision in favour of a voluntary register, announced Mr. J. A. Lyons, Prime Minister, during a Press interview today. Mr. Lyons
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    WOMAN BENT DOUBLE WITH SCIATICA.
    202 9 Kruschen Put Her Kijjht In One Week. When sciatica attacked this woman six years ago. she could scarcely move. Treatment after treatment failed to help her. She tried Kruschen and got Immediate relief, in one week, her sciatica had gone. "Six years ago, I wa.s
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MAR. 30, 1939. A MALAYAN AIR FORCE
    974 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MAR. 30, 1939. A MALAYAN AIR FORCE We print elsewhere on this page today an article in which an I anonymous correspondent discusses i the future of civil aviation in i Malaya. In his final paragraph he refers to the possibility of the formation of
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    GERMAN DEFENCE LINE IN SLOVAKIA
    79 10 Paris. Mar. 20. j Germany is building a line of fortifications in Slovakia running approximately 50 miles from north to south, stretching across the Javornik mountains and White Carpathia, according to a report received here from Bratislava. The line could be regarded as protection of
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    CAMERAS IN FORMOSA
    66 10 Tokio, Mar. 29. It is reported from Keelung, Formosa, that the third mate, Thomas Miller, fourth mate, John Griffin, and a cabin boy, of the British freighter, Nallsea Moor, who were arrested by gendarmerie on charges of taking photographs in a fortified zone, have been released after
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    LETTERS IN PAGE 15
    44 10 EURASIAN FUTURE. Another p3ssimistic survey by "Tukang," in reply to •'Distributlst." PERAK RESERVE. Queries as to new rules appearing to foreshadow prospecting in the Sungkal game reserve. DOMICILED INDIANS. A suggestion that the current controversy is "much ado about nothing."
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    38 10 Mr. Cyril Grenler, eldest son of.Mr. and Mrs. W. J. P. Orenier of Kuala Lumpur, a well-known State hockey player, who recently passed the London Association of Certified Accountants examination, returned to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday from London.
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    SINGAPORE IN EMERGENCY
    626 10 Confusing Variety Of Schemes TIME FOR NATIONAL SERVICE? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— According to the last Issue of The Sunday Times, large areas of the Island of Singapore have been earmarked as refugee camps to be used In a state of emergency. These
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    STRAITS-BORN WING OF S.V.A.?
    182 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— As a Straits-born Chinese and an e::-gunner in the Ist Battery (L section) of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, I should like to know whether a unit of this kind has been formed in Singapore. In Hong
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    AN AVIATION SCHOOL?
    655 10  -  "Aero-Malaya" Malaya-Bom Pilots and Engineers Bj /"•IVIL aviation In Malaya is at the parting of the ways. Wblch road will it take: t:ie easy one of clubs and small concerns which only exist by thr grace of government subsidies, or th" more difficult one whereby an active
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    ANTI-BRITISH PRESS
    103 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.--In your issue of Mar. 28 you stated that the Japanese-controlled Chinese-language newspapers in Nanking are waging a violent anti-British campaign and are appealing to employees of British enterprises, including the consulates, to leave their posts As the Chinese people are
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    812 10 Planters On Leave I*HE following story, told in the Daily Mirror, has been sent on to me by 3. reader with the comment that It seems too good to be true. I dont know whether It is true or not, but don't see why It shouldn't
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    FRANCE WILL NOT SURRENDER HER VITAL RIGHTS
    1042 11 M. Daladier's Radio Speech Declaration WILLING TO EXAMINE ALL ITALIAN DEMANDS Firm But Conciliatory In Present Crisis fyj. DALADIER, the French Prime Minister, in his broadcast speech last night refused to surrender an inch of territory or a single French right, but expressed
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    POLAND'S "NO" TO GERMANY
    452 11 Berlin Demands Are Expected Warsaw, Mar. 29. AFF7CIAL quarters here deny there has been a German ultimatum to Poland or pressure by Germany about the status of Danzig. Germany never demanded that Poland Join the anti-Comintern Pact, the Reuter correspondent in Berlin was informed in Wilhelmstrasse
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    Fresh Demands To Slovakia
    84 11 Bratislava, Mar. 30. CTRICT secrecy is being ob- served regarding Hungarian demands which the Slovak Cabinet considered all day long yesterday. It is reported Slovakia is prepared to concede to Hungary a strip of territory some fifteen miles wide along the Uz Valley, forming the frontier
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    No Shortage Of Volunteers
    202 11 No Shortage Of Volunteers London Comment On Crisis Developments TWO outstanding events yester1 day, writes Reuter's diplomatic observer, were Mr. Chamberlain's announcement regarding the ncreasing of the Territorial army to 340,000 men and M. Daladier's broadcast. By increasing lh« Territorial army, Britain will have 26 Territorial divisions besides the six
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    TOKIO COMPENSATION FOR HONG KONG
    53 11 TTHE Japanese Government has paici the Government of Hong Kong j $20,000 to cover all claims in connection with the air raid near Shumchun recently, when bombs were dropped Inside British territory, said Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary lor Foreign Affairs, In the House of
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    FRENCH AIR MINISTER
    45 11 Paris, Mar. 29. THE Air Minister, M. Guy la Chambre Is going to London at the beginning Of next week to confer with the British Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, on questions of co-ordination of aeronautical production between the two countries.— Reuter.
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    TERRITORIAL ARMY DOUBLED
    572 11 London, Mar. 29. yHE Territorial field army is to be brought forthwith up to war establishment and the war establishment is to be doubled, making 32 divisions available for service overseas in place of the 19 announced by the War Secretary, Mr. HoreBclisha, three weeks ago. The
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    Anglo-French Talks On Conscription
    59 11 London, Mar. 20. pONVEKSATIONS took place the recent visit of President Lebrun between British ministers and French representatives in regard to the inaguration of compulsory national service in Britain, said Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, at question time In the House of Commons today. He could
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    SPANISH CIVIL WAR ENDS IN MASS SURRENDER
    307 11 Remaining Republican Towns Go Over To Gen. Franco Tmi* o•l London, Mar. 29. HL Spanish civil war ended today for all practical purpose! with the surrender to General Franco's supporters of all important towns remaining in Republican hands, says Reuter RATIONALIST forces entered
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    Premier's Policy "Adventurous" German Reaction To Army Expansion
    134 11 Premier's Policy "Adventurous" German Reaction To Army Expansion Berlin, Mar. 30. ILIR. CHAMBERLAIN'S announcement regarding the doubling of the Territorial Army is splashed with banner headlines by the German press, which seeks to explain the development as a middle course in order to appease France's desire for conscription in Britain
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    30 11 Asked in the House of Commons »f the Government would consid2r the advisability of Britain adhering to the Franco-Soviet Pact, Mr. R. A. Butler Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs replied, "No."—Reuter.
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    Filming Life Of Mahatma Gandhi
    39 12 Mr A. K. Chelttar, managing director of the. Documentary Films. Ltd.. Madras, who is engaged in filming Mahatma GundhVs life. Mr. chettiar leaves Singapore today in the Italian liner Victoria After a shoiL visit.
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    PENANG'S NEW GARRISON
    151 12 Inspection By General r inspect the military defences of the Penang fortress, the General Officer Commanding, Malaya Major-General W. G. S. Dobbie, left Singapore for Penang by the Straits Steamship vessel Kedah shortly before midday today. He will return to Singapore by train on Saturday The General
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    AGRICULTURAL OFFICER WEDS IN SINGAPORE
    115 12 rE weddin? took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday of Muss Rosemary Selwyn Hughes-Hallctt, daughter of the late Mr. F. V. HughesHaUett and Mrs. Hughes-Hallett cf Twowatersfoot, Li.skeard. Cornwall, and Mr. George Donald Phillips Olds, of the Malayan Agricultural Service. The bridegroom is the son
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    CONCERT POSTPONED
    34 12 •¥*HE free concert to be given by Werner Baer and Nancy Fowler for the unemployed, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday, has been postponed on account of the organist being indisposed
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    AMUSEMENTS
    154 12 SINGAPORE K\llll> ***** I Orchestral Conceit 8.1.*> to 9.15 l).m. Dinner Dance iFormtl) 9.45 to Midnight. GAKKICR IIIMIKK ct VLAM. Tragical Lady Peepa Hong Double Cantonese Talkies) at 1 M D.ni GKt.VI MKKi.lt Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Olobe Theatre: Four's A Ciowd. Sky Talkie: A Trip to Parii.
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    NEWEST P. & O. LINER IN HONG KONG COLLISION
    304 12 NEWEST P. O. LINER IN HONG KONG COLLISION Mishap With French Ship During Dense Fog MANY PASSENGERS TO JOIN BRITISH VESSEL HERE TWO OCEAN LINERS which call at Singapore on their ser- vices between Europe and the Far East were involved in a collision on the high seas at a
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    "BROTHER RAT" IS A GOOD FILM
    173 12 At The Cinema "Brother Rat" (Wayne Morris and Friscilla Lane). Warner Bros. At the Alhambra. BASED on the play which ran or Broadway ror nearly two years "Brother Rat" is delightful enter tainment. It Is a riotous comedy o! cadets ai the Virginia Military
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    SUPPORTER OF FRANCO HERE
    190 12 Richest Man In Philippines f-vN his way to Spain, the richest V man in the Philippines— and ardent supporter of Generalissimo Francisco Franco Senor Soriano Don Andres, who is said to have sent 10,000,000 pesos to Spain during the war, arrived at Singapore this morning In
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    JAPANESE DISAPPOINT SIAM MERCHANTS
    82 12 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 29. ACCEPTING the invitation of a representative of the Japanese Government a number of Siamese merchants made all preparations to leave for Japan yesterday aboard a Japanese motor vessel on the regular run. At the last moment, when the
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    TRAFFIC CONSTABLES HURT IN ACCIDENT
    46 12 TWO traffic constables were injured when the motor-cycle they were riding capsized near the 14th mile, Changi Road. A Malay constable suffered severe facial injuries and an Indian constable suffered bruises. Both were taken to the General Hospital in an ambulance.
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    Kuala Lumpur When A Stengah Cost Only Seven Cents
    438 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 29. WHEN Mr. Pat Zilwa, one oi Kuala Lumpur's oldest residents, gave his reminiscences to Rotarians today, he spoke of days when A cartwheel silver dollar, coinage of the day. could buy seven whisky-sodas
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    VOLUNTEERS FOR NEW FIRE-FIGHTING SER VICE
    215 12 One Company's Staff Begins Training Next Week CINGAPORE'S first volunteer fire-fighters, comprising 34 members of the staff of Thornycroft (Singapore) Ltd., will begin training on Wednesday There are two Europeans among those who have volunteered from this company, Mr. E. C. W. George, the
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    A.R.P. Booklets For Chinatown
    99 12 THOUSANDS of people in Chinatown have received the new A.R.P. booklets issued in four language editions by tbe Singapore Air Raid Precautions Depart, nient. Door-to-door distribution in th« city's congested areas which are in greatest danger from aerial bombs is nearly completed, and companies have been
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    ALLEGED SMASH & GRAB RAID BY EUROPEANS
    76 12 ALLEGED SMASH GRAB RAID BY EUROPEANS AN alleged smash and grab raid occurred in High Street, Singapore, early this morning, when three Europeans are stated to have smashed a jeweller's window. taken several watches and run away. The men were chased by jagas from neighbouring shops and were caught in
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    CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL CHIEF HERE
    111 12 GREATER interest is being taken throughout the world in educa- i tion, according to Mr. James A. Linen. chairman of International Correspondence Schools. Ltd., London, who arrived in Singapore this morning In HM Lloyd Triestino liner Victoria. I More courses had been taken in the j
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    MOD. SAN. FOR KUALA LUMPUR
    288 12 Investigations To Start In April MUNICIPALITY FOR FEDERAL CAPITAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 12!*. DV the end of April, the first steps in the investigation of a sewerage scheme for the Federal Capital will have begun. When this study has been completed
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    LINESMAN'S FATAL FALL FROM POLE
    85 12 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. O. Porter, yesterday, at an inquiry into the death. iof a Malay telephone linesman, Hus- sain bin Yassln, who died as the result of injuries received when he fell irom a
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    "Bira " and His Wife
    26 13 "Bira and His Wife 0/ Slow oia rus wife photographed at Government House, where they have been *!ppin<i before, sailing for Europe today. Straits Times viet\
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    Princes Visit Seletar Air & Naval Bases
    91 13 Princes Visit Seletar Air Naval Bases A tamed by their w:ve<. Prince Chula and Prince Birnbongse ol Slam, with Prince Abhas and Captain R A. Owyn, aide-de-camp to vernor, Sir Bhenton Thomas. lducted round the Naval Base; the Commodore, Mai iya, Commodon T B. Dr( the party visited the RAF.
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    SELANGOR MEDICAL SERVICES CLUB
    69 13 SELANGOR MEDICAL SERVICES CLUB m Our Own I -it.' Lumpur, Mar. 29. laii- >:■ K£< 'licM Servici hold Its 'sth annual n i I D. L W l ns pn Id d. Th following weri elected f ir this y. nl iex-o3lcio) Dr. 1.. W. Evaui; in-. A. E. Duraisamy
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    NEW PLANTING: APPLICAIION PERIOD NOT EXTENDED
    275 13 NEW PLANTING APPLICAIION PERIOD NOT EXTENDED Singapore Market Rumours Started By Speculators DUMOURS current in the Singapore market yesterday to the effect that the period for making application to undertake new rubber planting had been extended to Apr. 30 are without foundation. The Controller of Rubber states that share certificates
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    "World Is Sick," Says Preacher To Rotarians
    243 13 "World Is Sick, Says Preacher To Rotarians "THE world is sick. There is something radically wro.i;; with the world." said Dr. French Oliver, the noted preacher, speaking on World Chaos at the Siivjapon; Rotary Club yesterday. "What is wrong is that men have thrown world standards overboard and think they
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    SIAM ASSEMBLYMAN DISMISSED
    44 13 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Mar. 2'J. COR tlift first, time in the history of the Siamese Assembly a member ru dismissed today, alter a sitting In camera by 113 vote* to 15. The dismissed member sat In tlie two Assemblies.
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    ANNIVERSARY OF GEYLANG CHURCH
    136 13 "THE time might come in Singapore —as It had come In some countries in Europe— when It would take mu?h COOTM* to profess publicly the Christian religlan, sa'.d the Rev P. B Means, speaking at the tenth anniversary celebration of the Geylang Chinese Methodist Church last
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    Good Work For Discharged Prisoners
    495 13 Good Work For Discharged Prisoners LOCAL ASSOCIATION APPEALS FOR All) IN the barred .supeiinterui room of the prison at Pearl Bank. Singapore, members of the Afteri Care Association yesterday dU ed means of rehabilitating th< prisoners, then in their cells only a few yards away, after they had been released.
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    SNATCHED MONEY AT RAILWAY STATION
    109 13 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 29. ADMITTING he had snatched $4 from the hands of Ponnumah, a Tamil woman, as she was buying a ticket yesterday at the railway station, a young Hakka, Choo Hon Ming, was sentenced to four months' rigorous
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    MARCUS SHOW SINGER TO WED INDIAN MAHARAJA
    415 13 iteautiful Mexican Plans To Fly To India In Few Days CENORITA Sofia Alvarez, beautiful jmmg Mexican linger u of the Marcus Show revue company, which has jm< ended a season at Singapore, is i<* marrv an Indian maharaja, it is understood. She will
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    Lady Louis Mountbatten Java-Bound
    120 13 Lady Louis Mountbatten Java-Bound I ADY LOUIS MOUNTEATTEN one of England's most prominent hostesses, passed through Sinuaporc yesterday in the K.N.I.L M, plane, travelling from Si Jara. She has |ust ..adr jm arduous i I trip over t;ie new Rangoon-Yunnan road, which Is being constructed provide a "b*ck-door" tor China
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    TEN HOURS OF FLOWER SELLING in CHINESE
    99 13 poOT-WEARV alter nearly ten noun r <f fdlin-' llnwcrs in Si streets in uid nl the China Rell many «r.mt>s ol young Chinese m n md worn n v borne late last night. Thr drive f->r funds was t i memora Berenty-two Day
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    SINGAPORE ESTATE OF WEALTHY MUSLIM
    464 14 Alkaff Settlement Case Goes To Appeal Court AN appeal relating to an indenture of settlement made by a wealthy Singapore Mohammedan Syed Shaikh bin Abdulrahman Alkaff, 38 years ago, was heard before the Court of Appeal at Singapore yesterday. The court comprised the Chief Justice,
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    WOMAN JUMPS TO DEATH FROM WINDOW
    166 14 Injured Children Are Making Progress THAT she saw a woman standing on the rails of a window on the first floor cf a lodging house, and then saw her jump to the road below, was the story of a Chinese maidservant in the Singapore
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    MUSLIM IMPROVEMENT CLUB LECTURES
    62 14 THERE will be lectures on Sunday at 6 p.m. In the Muslim Improvement Club at 69. Tras Street, on "Education Unity." "Youth's Duty" and "Old Ideals and How to Improve Them." Messrs. S. M. Hameed. N. S. Shahul Hameed. O. M. Thuraffshah. M. T. Ahamat. O.
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    Funeral Of Dr. C. V. Norris
    784 14 BIG ATTENDANCE AT BIDADARI THE funeral of Dr. Charles Vincent Norris, a leading member of the Eurasian community and a founder member of the Singapore Recreation Club, who died at his residence, 6 Scotts Road, early yes- terday morning, aged 81, took place at
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    New Office-Bearers Of Singapore Malay Union
    64 14 New office-bearers of the Singapore Malay Union: (sitting left to rig.it> Inche Saniff, Haji Abbas bin Omar, Avi bin Kassim, Yusof bin Ishak, Dxto Ghazali, J.P., Haji Ambo Sooloh, J.P., (patron), Daud bin M. Shah (president), Ishak bin Ahmad, Abdul Rahim bin Ibrahim, Sudin
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    GAOLED FOR THEFT OF $2 COAT
    98 14 PLEADING guilty to a charge of house-breaking and the theft of a coat, valued at $2, belonging to a Chinese in Gammil Lane, a Hoklden, Chua Siew, was convicted and sentenced to ten days' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore
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    DETECTIVES ACQUITTED ON CHARGE OF USING FORCE
    243 14 THE two Chinese detectives, Leow Song Bee and Chong Teng Hoi, who were charged in the Singapore Third Police Court with using criminal force on another Chinese, Ang Eng Poew, in a Singapore amusement park on the night of Nov. 26 were acquitted
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    SOLDIERS TO GO TO GAOL
    199 14 Theft Of Clocks Admitted SENTENCE of one week's rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $30, or, in default of payment, five weeks" rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. 1 n S. M. Symth and C.
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    BOY VICTIM OF ALLEGED STABBING
    39 14 AN Indian boy said to have been stabbed by a Chinese boy. was taken from the Kandang Kerbau Station to Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from wcunds on the chin and chest.
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      THE DOMICILED INDIAN
      475 15 Identification With Malaya AN UNREAL ISSUE? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— After reading correspondence on the status of local-born Indians I gather there is apprehension In some Quarters that the India-born Indians and local-born may go their separate way and that the local-born may
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      MORE MEDITATION BY THE SEA
      157 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— Sitting by the seaside this Sabbath morning, it occurred to me that it might be of some interest, at least to your correspondent "Puzzled.'! if I sent you one or two words of the vise, w,th a
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      IN LOCAL DANCE STUDIOS
      121 15 To the Editor of ths Straits Times. Sir,— ln a letter published in the Straits Times of M,-r. 23 a correspondent said that "private dancing studios are depending upon the B M.B.C. to supply them with free dance music." I wish to point out that almost
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      A "NATIONAL HOME" FOR THE EURASIAN?
      1049 15 More Reflections On Malaya And New Guinea To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Failing a Journal of our own. I must perforce have recourse to the hospitality of your columns to reply to "Distributist." Articles dealing with Eurasian problems have risen to
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      SERANGOON BUSES AGAIN
      178 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l fully endorse what "Serangoon" wrote about the omnibus services not only along the Serangoon route but along all routes during the rush hours. It is no use for the B.T.C. to say that it supplements the Serangoon bus
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      PERAK'S BEST RESERVE FOR GAME
      583 15 MINERS IN SUNGKAI JUNGLE? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— An Innocent little notification appeared in the Government Gasette of Mar. 3, 1939, making a slight but very significant addition to the rules for administration of the Sungkai game reserve, Perak. The Sungkai
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      135 15 There is \/m ffiJtt in every In business you don't live on your capital, but on the income it bottle of provides. To fail in this is to invite financial disaster. So it is CAWATfirCM Wit^ yy Ur ea^ t^ 1 c to "<ky demands more energy, more vitality NMIUutN
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    MUSLIM LEAGUE ATTITUDE IN CENTRAL ASSEMBLY
    956 16 Will Help Neither Congress Nor Government, Says Mr. Jinnah New Delhi, Mar. 22. DEFINING the attitude of the Muslim League towards the Government of India budget, Mr. M. A. Jinnah, leader of the party, made an important statement in the Assembly today explaining the
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    AN INDIAN ABROAD
    62 16 I JNDER the auspices of the Chettlars' Youth League. Singapore. Mr. A. K. Chettiar. managing director of the Documentary Films, Ltd., Madras, who is in Singapore on his way to Europe and America, gave a talk on his experiences in foreign countries at the Ramakrishna Mission premises
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    CONGRESS PROCESSION
    64 16 i.-c of the biggest and most spectacular processions which the Indian Congress has ever stated took place at Tripurl, when the Presidential chariot was led by 52 elephants. Owing to the illness of the President, Mr. Subhas Bose, his photograph was carried in the chariot. A great crowd
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    Finance Bill Certified
    192 16 Strong Protest By Mr. Satyamurthi New Delhi, Mar. 25. T^HE President announced in the Assembly today amidst ironical cheers from Congress benches that the Finance Bill had been sent back to the House with the recommendation from the Governor-General that it be passed. The Bill is recommended
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    MYSORE OPEN FOR JEWISH DOCTORS
    84 16 Bangalore. H/ITH reference to a press report that Mysore Government has decided to admit Jewish doctors into the State, inquiries made by the Associated Press show that the Mysore Government has had and still have no objection to doctors of any nationality settling in the
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    62 16 Bangalore. It is understood that the Mysore Government is shortly establishing works for the manufacture of agricultural implements such as ploughs, crushers and shovels, the estimated outlay being .»bout Rs. 200,000. The works will in all probability be located at Hassan (100 miles from Bangalore i. Government intend to transfer
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    MAHATMA GANDHI VINDICATED
    94 16 M AH ATM A GANDHI VINDICATED i.onaon. »iar. iv. rui \ll A TM Gandhi, who recently began a fast in protest against the failure of the ruler of Kajk.it to introduce reforms, has had his action vindicated by the New Delhi Federal Court, says The Observer The Chief Justice. Sir
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    48 16 Allahabad. Mar. 16. OANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU has received a message from Nahas Pasha expressing his appreciation of the welcome accorded to the Egyptian delegation and Inviting Mr. Nehru and a representative of the Indian National Congress to attend Wafdlst Congress to be held on Apr. 20 and 21.
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    WILL MR. BOSE RESIGN FROM CONGRESS PRESIDENTSHIP?
    365 16 Mahatma's Advice To Be Sought On Mr. Pant's Resolution Jh.'iria, Mar. 25. SETTING forth the reasons lor the delay in announcing the formation of a new Working Committee, Mr. Subhas Bose in a statement from his sick bed says he would have announced
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    A NEW FORM OF "SATYAGRAHA"
    240 16 Mr. Gandhi's Advice To Travancoreans Calcutta. Mar. 23. IN view of inhumanities which I believe have been perpetrated in various States, I am myself thinking out a new orientation of civil disobedience. I may fail but if I am to succeed at all I must
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    HITLER WANTS BRITAIN TO HAND OVER GIBRALTAR
    376 17 Reported Six-Point Programme Of The Fuehrer AFFICIALS of the Foreign Office in the Wilhelmstrasse are v drawing up in detail plans for Hitler's next step (cabled the Sunday Chronicle Berlin correspondent on Mar. 19). The Fuehrer himself gave them an outline of what
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    Prague's Refugee Problem
    408 17 Prague's Refugee Problem Gestapo Keeps Watch On Would-Be Emigrants IT was noticed that an individual had been posted outside the British Legation in Prague who took photographs of all who apprcr.ched it, says the News Chronicle. The Czech po'.ice tried to prevent him from taking photographs, but were in their
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    DUNGAREE PRINCE MEETS MINISTER
    80 17 CIR KINGSI-EY WOOD, the Air Minister, met an 18-year-old prince in dungarees at the bench of the College of Aeronautical Engineering of Chelsea recently. Prince Michael Romanoff, grandson of the Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia, sister of the Czar, said: "I'm just Romanoff to the boys."
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    ADMIRAL NAGANO TO INSPECT NAVAL STATIONS
    44 17 Tokio, Mar. 28. A DML. Osami Nagano, supreme mili- tary councillor, will Inspect naval stations at O.inkai (Korea) and RyoJun (Port Arthur), and a Naval oil depot at Heijo < Korea) in April, it is officially announced— Eastern News.
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    16 17 Air services from all parts of Europe to Prague have been closed following the German occupation.
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    IRAQ'S £1,000,000 IRRIGATION SCHEME
    76 17 Baghdad. Mar. 28. ITINQ Ghazi, Inaugurating the Bri- tish-built Kut barrage, Iraq's £1000.000 irrigation scheme, said he hoped the barrage would be only the first of a number of important development schemes. The construction of the barrage began in 1934, the object being to divert water
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    21 17 Tangier. Mar. 27. AN unknown warship is reported to have seized the French vessel Le Zardrieux, near Cape San Antonio.— Reuter.
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    Heroes' Welcome For Hitler In Berlin
    51 17 Field-Marshal Gnerin? salutes Hcrr Hitler with ins baton while Hitlsr returns the salute after he had alighted from the train which brought him back to Berlin from his visit to Czecho-Slovakia. Behind Hitler arc Herr Von Ribbentrop, the Forei.cn Minister, and Dr. Goebbels Propaganda
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    PRELUDE TO NEW JAPANESE DRIVES IN CHINA
    255 17 Chinese Press Comment On The Battle For Nanchang Chungking, Mar. 28. rOMMENTING on the present military situation, particularly the fighting around Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi, the Chinese newspapers unanimously maintain that the principal objects of the renewed Japanese offensive are to strengthen the
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    CHINESE ART TREASURES
    37 17 THE third shipment of Chinese ex- hibits for the Gold?n Gate Exposition at San Francisco has left Shanghai. The shipment consists of 20 cases containing 7.200 art objects worth $2 000.000 (Chinese currency).—Central News.
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    39 17 Mme. Tabouis in the Oeuvre writes: "A real military threat by Germany against Rumania is unlikely for some weeks owing to climatic conditions and to the preliminary work of Instruction which Germany must carry out In the Hungarian army."
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    The Queen Helps A Mother
    273 17 The Queen Helps A Mother WITH a slight quiver of her lips, a Preston mother told a Sunday Referee correspondent of the despair that drove her to seek the aid of the Queen after doctors and specialists had condemned her six-year-old daughter to a life of muteness. "I was determined."
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    HOW CHINESE TEAM BEAT ALL-MANILA 5-2
    371 18 Home Team Outclassed In Good Football Display Manila, Mar. 20. THREE thousand football enthusiasts, most of them from the Chinese community, saw the visiting Straits Chinese football team completely outclass the All Manila No. 2 Selection by the score of 5 goals to 2,
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    Today's Soccer Matches
    71 18 •"TODAYS soccer matches will be as below. Soccer: Div. 1, Police vs. R. E. at stadium; Reserve Division S.CC. vs. S.C.F.A. at S.CC: Div. 28. J.C.S.A. vs. Moravia at J.C.S.A.; 8.H.L.: A.P.C. vs. Joseph Travers at SRC. Other sports events today are: Boxing: Annual general meeting of
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    34 18 Dumbleton takes a shot for goal while Rothery turns aside. Play on the padang yesterday in the soccer match between the S.R.C. and the Cricket Club. The Recs won by 4—o.— Straits Times picture.
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    MOTHERWELL IN CUP FINAL
    175 18 Aberdeen Beaten Three-One London. Mar. 29. IN the Scottish Cup. semi-nnal replay, Motherwell beat Aberdeen 3—l at Ibrox Park. Motherwell now meet Clyde in the final. It was rainy and cold early and j 40.)0'j spjct.ucrs saw the play favour Motherwell. who were slightly superior territorially,
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    EXHIBITION TENNIS IN K.L.
    108 18 (Prom Our Own Correspondent' Ki:ala Lumpur, Mar. 29. It is provisionally arranged that Mi-ss Gem Hcahing will play on the S.C.R.C. courts on Monday in aid of the China Relief Fund, in one singles match against Miss Gladys Loke and in another against Leong Hoe Yeng,
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    CHINESE BE A T CHANGI XI 10 GOALS TO NIL
    199 18 One-Sided Soccer In Second Division Game OEGISTERING ten goals without reply the S.C.F.A. "B" soccer team had an easy passage over the Changi Civilians side in a Division 2(B) game at the Clerical Union yesterday. The Chinese superiority was so
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    Tomorrow's Race Selections
    301 18 SELECTIONS for tomorrow's races at Taiping. subject to scratchlngs which will be found in page six of the second edition If received before going to press, are as follows: Race 1, Ponies, Class 3. Div. 2. about 5 furs. 3 p.m. Anaconda 10.12 Bay Rose 9.07 Lassa
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    SEGAMAT SOCCER
    46 18 'From Our Own Correspondents Segamat, Mar. 29. Making their first appearance of the season, the Segamat Europeans met the Chinese Recreation Club in a friendly soccer match on tne town padang today and scored a hard earned win by the odd goal In three.
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    THRILLING SOCCER IN SECOND DIVISION
    469 18 Harbour Board Win By Odd Goal In Nine OALS galore and thrills from In-ginning to end packed yesterday'^ soccer match on the Harbour Board ground when the Singapore Harbour Board gained a fully deserved victory over the Excise Sports Club, by five goals to four,
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    MALAYAN POLO TOURNAMENT
    298 18 To Be Held In Penang At Easter A POLO tournament will be held under the auspices of the Malayan Polo Association in Penang at Easter. Teams are expected from Singapore, Selangor iind Pahang and the competition will be for the Sultan of Perak Cup and the Spooner
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    DAILY MAIL GOLF TOURNAMENT
    94 18 Cotton And Denny I^ead First Round Bournemouth. Mar. 2it. Henry Cotton and Cecil Denny, each with 69 led at the end of the first round i ol the Dally Mail professional gol: tournament. A. J. Lacey and H. K. Manton, each with 70 follow. Last year's
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    FRIENDLY BADMINTON
    118 18 The Useful-Lads B.P. and the Singapore Harbour Board J.S.C. will mert In a friendly match of six singles I and four doubles to be played at the former's Kampong Bahru court, on Saturday and Sunday, starting at 2.30 p.m. each day. The following will represent the Useful-Lads 8.P.:
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    RECS. BEAT CRICKET CLUB 4 GOALS TO NIL
    586 19 Scrappy Soccer In Padang Game Yesterday U/HENEVER the padang clubs meet on the field of soccer a good game is served up. Yesterday's first division league match, however, was an exception. It was a scrappy game with very few bright moments and
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    SELANGOR CLUB BEAT MALAYS ONE-NIL
    346 19 I <From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 29. I fOOD honest effort, unrelieved perhaps by any flash of brilliance, gave the Selangor Club a single goal victory over the Selangor Malays in a first division soccer fixture today. The j Club have played two
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    S.C.C.
    40 19 Revised ties in the S.C.C. tennis tournament are:— TODAY Mixed Doubles.—Semi-Final: P. Clerc and Mrs. Cherrln^ton vs. W. H. Droogleever and Mrs. Hipkin. TOMORROW Championship Doubles.—Semi-Final: N. S. Wise and P. Clerc vs. R. Smith and E. C. Cherrlngton.
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    SINGAPORE TEAM FOR SAIGON
    125 19 Sixteen Players To Tour Next Month CIXTKKN Singapore soccer players representing the Services. Malays, Chinese and the Police will leave by the G. G. I'asquier on .Apr. 21 for Kni^on where arrangements h.ixc been made to play a series of matches. The players vie: Goalkeepers: Mace
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    44 19 In a friendly match played at Farrer Pr.rk yesterday, the Great Eastern Life soccer team defeated the sime Darby soccer side by the odd goal in three. Lye Chuan and Him Lye scored for the winners and Tommy Ngo for Sime Darby.
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    LOYALS WIN WATER POLO AGAINST MANCHESTERS
    70 19 In a good game at Gillman Barracks yesterday the Loyals' first team beat the Manchesters' water-polo side by three goals to one, and their second team defeated the Manchesters seconds by six goals to nil. Scorers for the first team winners were Weall, Lieut.
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    PRESS BEATEN SEVEN-ONE
    192 19 Chinese Bank Win B. H. L. Soccer THE Overseas Chinese Bank scored a 7—l win over the Straits Times Press S.C in a Business Houses League soccer fixture played on the Fraser and Neave ground, yesterday. The Bankers played a fine combination game. The Straits Times fielded
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    CHANCI SAILING RESULTS
    166 19 Complete result* of the quarter's racing of the Changl Garrifon Yacht Club are as follows: COMMODORE'S TROPHY Nyamok (J. Gulston) 54.6 pts. i Lunar Bow ij. Snow) 54.0 pts j \acuna (M. Sheppard) 49.8 pts. ai Felicity <J. Daniells) 49.5 pts. 4! KBIN SERIKS Nyamolc (J. Gulston)
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    MANILA BASKETBALL TEAM FOR SINGAPORE
    115 19 Manila. Mar. 24 Members of the t-ar Eastern University quintet, inter-unlverslty basketDall champions, are scheduled to board the Conte Verde on Apr. 9 for Singapore where they will play a series of games. The quintet will be pitted again.st six or eight Singapore teams. The
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    BATU PAHAT SOCCER
    167 19 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. Mar. 24. Owing to the poor condition of the field. Batu Pahat football enthusiasts witnessed a poor and scrappy game, when the Military beat the Young Men, by the odd goal In three, when they met in the first ruond of
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      107 19 TENNIS EXHIBITION MATCHES. (Sanctioned by the S.L.T.A.) under the .inspires of the S.C.R.C. in aid of THE CHINA KFXIKF FIND. At the Straits Chinese Recreation Club (Hone I.im Green) On Tri. the 31st of Mar. 1939, at 5 p.m. Singles. MISS GEM HOAXING vs. MRS. HIPKIKS Mixed Doubles. MISS HOAHING
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    GREAT WELCOME FOR THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IN LONDON
    136 20 The King and President Lebrun driving along the Mall towards Buckingham Palace, after the French President had been received at Victoria Station. The French President acknowled ires the cheers of the big crowds which greeted him during his visit to London. (Above)
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MARCH 30. 1939 o. 163.
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      Food For A Month In Time Of Emergency
      1169 1 This Problem Concerns You All In Malaya WAS much interested in the article on "An Emergency Food Store In a Malayan Home" which appeared in the Women's Supplement, but I cannot help questioning the quantities recommended, and the large proportion of tinned
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      Dancer Sets New High In Heil Hitler Styles!
      122 1 Dancer Sets New High In Heil Hitler Styles! J^JARIAN DANIKLS, American acrobatic dancer, was recently flown from Cannes to Munich in a plane specially sent for her by Herr Hitler to dance at a gala performance of [The Merry Widow." She is now appearing at the Savoy Hotel, London. If
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      Presented At Court
      54 2 jj. 1/fIS. Hugh Mather and Miss JL- Bettine Mather before Ihej left for the first Couit at Buckingham Palace on Mar. 9. Mrs. Mather, icife of Mr. N. F. H. Mathe; of the Malayan Civil Service, was presented by Lady Gcrinij, :cifc of Str fatter Goring, Mrs.
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      Canadians Want To See Crowns Worn
      926 2  -  Alyse Allynghatne A Maid In Mayfair r By Plans Of A Playright T HEAR from a friend in Ottawa that Canadians are most anxious to see the King and Queen wearing their crowns while they are in Canada. I wondered, when I read the
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      477 3 Petticoat Problems In Singapore Georgina Thea On— I Special Designs For Wearing With The New ivsvi*- Season 's Dresses THE new petticoats, which are an integral part of this season's dresses, present a problem for us in Singapore. It is interesting to read about the stiff flounced taffeta or broderie
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      Married In • Singapore •
      41 3 Married In Singapore Leonard Oppenheim, formerly Miss Leonie Hirschberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hirschberg, of Berlin, who was married recently in Singapore. This picture, and the one of Mrs. Foo Yin Chiew published last week, is by Studio Le Marquis.
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      1201 4  -  Diana Dane By Quiet Colour 1 Schemes HipLength Blouses i ALTHOUGH Paris appears to have gone mad over full skirts, several London designers have included more straight than swing models in their collections. They have, apparently, decided that the average figure is bettor suited by
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        155 4 MAIDEN FORM presents •fit *•■</, ..OR ANTOIHtmj 'V^l EVENING GOWNi Jm^r P*in:. mamd* of rt» strop.'* ji norti. SjMr__ -^^fti »M« *"Holf-Woy" bodice 4&^ W bro««Ur* is also ideal wltfc &j (it mif «v»»l»q aowa. &p«cioll« —N^ >«j d«vis*d s»oyt or« so or. MB I /(C^W^ f/M ro»9od th«y cannot
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      Candid Camera Shots Of The Wuhan Songsters
      129 5 •"THE Wuhan Songsters, who delighted Singapore audiences recently at the Victoria Memorial Hall, were entertained last week at the Chinese Swimming Club. The Women's Supplement cameraman also '.tended and brought back these candid shots of the singers at play. The Wuhan Songsters w:ll
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        72 5 Children brougm up, on Lactogen cannot ,i*l> A help out progress, for "Lactogen" contains m. AT '^L 'all the vitamins of pure fresh milk, modified P 9 Kjt to suit baby's requirements. "Lactogen"is a L W^ >%»»- Perfectly balanced diet, which provides in correct forms and proportion* all the food
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      The Best Way— In Modern Sex Education
      1426 6 The Best Way— In Modern Sex Education "CTORK WINS in Race with Taxicab." "Empress of Japan Awaits Visit of Stork," "Busy Stork Leaves Third Set of Twins." Perhaps if we wish our children to read the newspapers intelligently we must still repeat the old tale. But, let us hope, only
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        282 6 A small selection of novelty AMERICAN dresses and play suits just received at E7Z 1 AUK CHATS NOIRS E5 ['lie wonderful lei- 1H nllh^r .mM Doctors prove tlir Es*^^ remarkable restoralive powers of Hall's Wine. They show that medical men generally prescribe it in cases of Nerves, Anaemia, Depression, Convalescence
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        116 6 GUARD your 1 M P'eans]eetii :SatesGms rta?rt*u**.AAS. Representatives Muler, Maclean C, Inc. Post Box 154. Singapore Lose Fat Secret Method Discovered Bf Hollywood Cinema Stars Mow Obtainable at Chemists safe, secret method c.f reducing tigljr fat has been discovered by a California I.hysi'i.iM In prescribing to the famoua Cinema Stars
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      Why Copy Hong Kong Fashion
      1030 7 Why Copy Hong Kong Fashion CORRESPONDENT in a recent issue of the Women's Supplement went out of he)- way to praise Hong Kong iiirls in their chic, dress, ace i ssoi ies, hair-dres-sing and jewellery, and ran down Singapore girls. She (or was it he) admitted having- spent a week
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      28 7 J^HIS article was written by a well known Singapore Chinese woman in reply to the previous article in the Women's Supplement > criticising the dress of Chinese girls here.
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      Y.W.C.A. Girls At Birthday Celebration
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      LOOK AFTER YOUR SKIN
      211 7 LOOK AFTER YOUR SKIN YOUR skin simply must look fresh and glowing if you are going to wear the new hats and the bits of white lingerie trimmings on your dresses with real success. So as most of us feel a little dubious about the state of our faces at
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        142 7 JOSEPH TRAVKKS SONS. LTD. hlngapore, Penan* and Kuala Lumpur STUDIO Le Marquis FOR ARTISTIC PORTRAITURE HOURS OF BUSINESS FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. *ND FROM t P.M. TO 1.30 P.M. MAKE VOIR APPOINTMENTS EARLY. 4 OMPETITI YE PRICES tJI/OTATIONS ON APPLICATION. 2nd Floor ROBINSON'S RAFFLES PLACE. Refresh with EAU
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        256 7 Just arrived a larire and exquisite shipment of Ladles' silk underwear. These am cut in special style and designs to befit the ideas of 1939. Also handkerchiefs, table cloths luncheon mats, counterpanes hand-bars, cloisonne wares pttce. lain wares, jade trees, teak and camphorwood chests, etc. ALL SUPERIOR QUALITY and LOW
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      A MARKETING GUIDE
      685 8 Special To The Straits Times FRUITS Descriptions. Approximate Prices Note*. Apples (greeu) 5/6 cts. eacb 2?°** Apples (red) 04 each Nice flavour. Bananas (green) ....01 each if,.,, Bananas (yellow) ...08 for ten Plen| >• Bananas (red) Mi each Good flavour Chlcoes IV. each More plentiful Grapes (red)
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      Some Central European Dishes
      333 8 T*HE Sudeten-German house wives newly Joined to the Reich may adopt many Nazi habits with enthusiasm, but they are not likely to give up their traditional cooking, which owes much to their Czech neighbours. Indeed, each part of Germany has a cuisine all its own but
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      Mangosteens Are Coming In
      187 8 Mangosteens Are Coming In A LTHOUGH there is a fair choice in the markets this week, nothing is really outstanding. Mangosteens are just coming into season, and are to be seen on several of the stalls. They need carefully selecting as quite a number are unripe and not ready for
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      Suggestions For Lunch
      353 8 DAINTY vir 1 easily prepared luncheon dishes arc increasingly in demand, for lunch tends to lose its substantial place in favour of one simple course which may be supplemented by cheese and dessert. Here are some suggestions for dishes of the kind most needed. SAVOURY HADDOCK fHOOSE
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